 /*
  * $Header: /cvshome/build/org.osgi.service.metatype/src/org/osgi/service/metatype/MetaTypeService.java,v 1.10 2006/06/16 16:31:23 hargrave Exp $
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 package org.osgi.service.metatype;

 import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;

 /**
  * The MetaType Service can be used to obtain meta type information for a
  * bundle. The MetaType Service will examine the specified bundle for meta type
  * documents to create the returned <code>MetaTypeInformation</code> object.
  *
  * <p>
  * If the specified bundle does not contain any meta type documents, then a
  * <code>MetaTypeInformation</code> object will be returned that wrappers any
  * <code>ManagedService</code> or <code>ManagedServiceFactory</code>
  * services registered by the specified bundle that implement
  * <code>MetaTypeProvider</code>. Thus the MetaType Service can be used to
  * retrieve meta type information for bundles which contain a meta type
  * documents or which provide their own <code>MetaTypeProvider</code> objects.
  *
  * @version $Revision: 1.10 $
  * @since 1.1
  */
 public interface MetaTypeService {
     /**
      * Return the MetaType information for the specified bundle.
      *
      * @param bundle The bundle for which meta type information is requested.
      * @return A MetaTypeInformation object for the specified bundle.
      */
     public MetaTypeInformation getMetaTypeInformation(Bundle bundle);

     /**
      * Location of meta type documents. The MetaType Service will process each
      * entry in the meta type documents directory.
      */
     public final static String METATYPE_DOCUMENTS_LOCATION = "OSGI-INF/metatype";
 }

